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Circle of history buffs race to preserve dialect in Missouri
A small circle of researchers in Old Mines Missouri races to document Missouri French the near extinct dialect spoken by fewer than 30 locals. They aim to preserve phrases from family speech as aging speakers fade and the tongue dwindles across the Ozarks region.
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Circle of
Missouri
Old Mines
St. Louis
Lucy Baquette
North America
Ozarks
Upper
Louisiana
Missouri-Illinois